Jack Martin script writer and movie reviewer

Serving up the latest film reviews every week

“Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents – your dinner!”

Lumiere (Jerry Orbach) in Beauty and the Beast (1991, dirs. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise)


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This Week’s Movie Menu (19 – 25 May 2025)

This Week’s Movie Menu (19 – 25 May 2025)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to dive into the summer’s biggest week yet of exciting film releases, including the anticipated (and final?) new entry in a blockbuster franchise, a remake of a beloved modern Disney classic, an all-new vision by a leading auteur, and even a globe-trotting adventure to find a fabled location…

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